Selecting the right grease for your worm gear is almost as important as picking the gear materials. Lubricants play a critical role in improving the performance of components, but not all lubricants are suitable for every worm gear application. A lubricant that cannot withstand the operating conditions of your application,…
Like most power tools, commercial grinders operate at high speeds with considerable amounts of applied pressure. If not addressed in the design stage, these two factors can lead to premature product failure. A grease is required to extend the life of the angle grinder by protecting the gears in the…
There are a variety lubricant additives that we have the ability to include in our grease formulations. Note that we describe our additives, we use terminology relating to the benefit of the additive rather than than giving details of the chemical way in which the benefit is achieved; we don’t…
Some things were made to last, this is definitely the case with this vintage 1960’s microscope. Purchased as a renovation project, a customer got in contact to solve a focus rack mechanism problem. A helical rack and pinion gear is used as a focus mechanism; the original manufacturers grease had…
Synthetic ester oils offer outstanding lubricity and excellent load carrying characteristics; ester oils are ideal for metal on metal wear prevention and so are often chosen for high speed metal gear applications. Esters are the reaction products of acids and alcohols; there are three basic types which are normally classified…
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